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Reindeer Cookies Recipe

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These cookies were easy to make using a boxed cookie mix. My son, Eric, enjoyed creating the faces with pretzels, chocolate chips and red-hots.—Gretchen Vandenberghe, Toledo, Ohio

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Reindeer Cookies Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 20 min.

Yield: 15 Servings

15 20 35

Ingredients

1 package (17-1/2 ounces) peanut butter cookie mix
1/3 cup canola oil
1 egg
60 miniature pretzels
60 semisweet chocolate chips
30 red-hot candies

Directions

In a large bowl, beat the cookie mix, oil and egg until well combined. Shape into a 7-1/2-in. roll; wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices.
Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using thumb and forefinger, make a slight indentation one-third of the way down the sides of each slice. Press in pretzels for antlers, chocolate chips for eyes and a red-hot for the nose.
Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until light brown. Remove to wire racks to cool. Yield: 2-1/2 dozen.

Editor's Note: You may substitute any peanut butter cookie recipe for the cookie mix, oil and egg.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 each) equals 252 calories, 13 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 14 mg cholesterol, 253 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Reindeer Cookies in Quick Cooking November/December 1999, p43

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Reviewed on Nov. 10, 2012 by NancyS1955

Made some also with Nutter Butter cookies to save time, using white morsels on warm cookie for whites of the eyes with mini-chocolate chips on top of them, a red m & m mini nose, mini chip mouth and since the white frosting showed (pretzel glue), I put some on front on the antlers, nose & cheek, as if snow-covered!

Reviewed on Nov. 03, 2011 by gibshoe

Easy, delicious and so cute! I make these every year at Christmas.

Reviewed on Jan. 08, 2011 by blueberry chaser

Made these for a preschool winterfest party. Big hit, people took pictures and no cookies were left. Had a little trouble shaping them. Roll dough into log and refrigerated, but when I went to cut the logs the dough did nto maintain its shape. Ended up hand rolling two small balls of dough and then flattened on the cookie sheet. Ended up looking for cute.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2010 by nikschwid

Fun to make with the kids and very easy!

Reviewed on Jun. 10, 2010 by hcandico

These are awesome!! I used homemade cookie dough. Made them for my sons pre-k class and now make them for my grandsons. Definitely a keeper!!

Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2009 by donna britt

I love this recipe. I have 5 kids and make it every year for school Christmas parties. It a huge hit and the kids love to help making them

Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2008 by valanddansmith

These are the cutest cookies EVER!! We will be making these for a long, long time!!!